Month: March 2022

Alphabet Inc’s YouTube and Google Play store are suspending all payment-based services in Russia, including subscriptions, as Western sanctions start to pose banking challenges in the country.  Google and YouTube had recently stopped selling online advertising in Russia following similar pauses by Twitter and Snap after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.  “As a follow-up, we’re now extending
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US Federal prosecutors and securities regulators are investigating large bets that Barry Diller, Alexander von Furstenberg and David Geffen made on Activision Blizzard shares in January, days before the videogame maker agreed to be acquired by Microsoft, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. IAC Chairman Diller, his stepson von Furstenberg, and music mogul Geffen
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Italy’s data privacy watchdog on Wednesday fined US-based firm Clearview AI EUR 20 million (roughly Rs. 168.44 crore) over its controversial facial recognition software. The watchdog ordered the company to delete data relating to people in Italy and banned it from further collection and processing of information there. Clearview AI says it has built up
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged siblings John and JonAtina Barksdale with fraud for misleading investors through false claims in a cryptocurrency scheme. The SEC has filed charges against the pair for allegedly “defrauding thousands of retail investors out of more than $124 million (roughly Rs. 950 crore) through two unregistered fraudulent
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GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Apex Legends Mobile is getting a soft launch today in 10 countries as Electronic Arts tries to take its popular battle royale to mobile players. Respawn Entertainment’s Apex Legends has been a huge free-to-play hit on the
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Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, an account on the Telegram messaging platform posing as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged his armed forces to surrender. The message was not authentic, with the real Zelensky soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the
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